Brinker International EAT Gift card other — Increase (decrease) in gift card liability

Other product segments

Gift card sales

$24.8M+2.9%

Similar metrics at other companies

SFMGift Cards — Issued during the period but not redeemed / deferred during the period, net of amount redeemed or expired

$1.14M+1.0%

QSRGift card liability

$191M+4.4%

LULUUnredeemed gift card liability

$296.36M+9.3%

QSROther accrued liabilities and gift card liability

-$176M+5.9%

AMZNGift card — Customer Liability

$5.6B+3.7%

BOOTGift Card Program — Deferred Revenue

$34.58M+22.2%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B+3.2%

Gross profit$1.1B+2.3%

Operating income$166.6M+6.2%

Net income$127.9M+7.4%

EPS (diluted)$2.87+12.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$57.1M+226%

Total debt$1.9B+1.3%

Total equity$406.0M+56.8%

Total assets$2.8B+7.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$232.1M+9.5%

CapEx$51.2M-35.7%

Free cash flow$180.9M+36.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$7.07B-6.1%

Enterprise value$8.89B-4.9%

P/E15.3×-7.3×

P/S1.2×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin74.6%-0.5pp

Operating margin10.4%+1.8pp

Net margin8.1%+1.6pp

FCF margin8.8%+1.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity139.2%—

Debt / equity4.6×-2.5×

Current ratio0.4×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Brinker International in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerLiability.

The official record: Brinker International’s 10-Q, filed January 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Brinker International's gift card other — increase (decrease) in gift card liability?: Brinker International (EAT) reported gift card other — increase (decrease) in gift card liability of -$1.8M in Q4 2025.
What does gift card other — increase (decrease) in gift card liability mean?: This metric represents the net change in the deferred revenue balance associated with gift cards issued by the company. It reflects the difference between new gift card sales and the redemption of gift cards by customers during the reporting period. A positive change indicates that more gift cards were sold than redeemed, representing an increase in the company's future performance obligations.